The Crash : gripping and unforgettable WW2 historical fiction from the acclaimed author of The Liberation California

The Crash : gripping and unforgettable WW2 historical fiction from the acclaimed author of The Liberation CaliforniaAuthor: Furnivall, Kate Historical mysteries Published on 6 November 2025 by Hodder & Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 336 pages 197 x 131 x 25 242g Paris, Christmas 1933. The Strasbourg express crashes into a local train outside Paris, leaving wreckage and broken bodies strewn on the tracks. On board is Gilles Malroux. In the chaos and confusion, he swaps his identity papers with a stranger, steals a suitcase and

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